Capitol sets 4th ‘Caravan of Services’ in Oslob

PR 09/15/2017

  The Cebu provincial government will bring its health, agriculture, social welfare, and environmental protection services to Oslob town, southern Cebu this September 16-18 in its 4th Caravan of Services. Capitol started the activity last year in…

Capitol pushes e-waste info drive

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/26/2017

A resolution calling on two government agencies to spearhead an information campaign on the proper disposal of electronic waste or e-waste was passed by the Provincial Board (PB) last Monday. The resolution authored by PB Member Jonkie…

Tining begins service of preventive suspension

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/13/2017

  JUST as one Provincial Board (PB) member resumed office last week after serving a two-month suspension penalty, another board member started serving his own 90-day preventive suspension. PB member Horacio Franco resumed office on February 8…

Barangays told to help round up strays

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/01/2017

A RESOLUTION requiring barangay officials in Cebu province to coordinate with their city and municipal veterinarians in dealing with stray animals was passed by the Provincial Board (PB) in last Monday’s session. PB Member Thadeo Ouano said…

Provincial Capitol: Of fresh mandates and new chapters

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/02/2017

(Part 1) In true Cebuano fashion, the year 2016 kicked off with the Sinulog festivities; but for the Cebu provincial government, last year’s events had a different twist in light of Cebu’s hosting of the 51st International…

PB requests from Ombud copies of order dismissing complaint vs Martinez

12/09/2016

THE Cebu Provincial Board has requested the Office of the Ombudsman Central Office to furnish copies of the order dismissing the complaint filed against Provincial Board member Celestino Martinez III to all concerned government agencies including barangays…

Proposed law pushes ban on full face helmets

Izobelle T. Pulgo 11/30/2016

AN ordinance requiring the use of half face rather than full face helmets by motorcycle riders underwent first reading in last Monday’s Provincial Board (PB) session. PB Member Sun Shimura, author of the proposed ordinance, said half…

Chan is new CV tourism chief

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/29/2016

The Department of Tourism in Central Visayas (DOT-7) finally has a new regional director. Catalino Chan, who was the Tourism director of Northern Mindanao (Region 10), was sworn in as the new DOT-7 director by Tourism Secretary…

About Ronnie and Kerwin

Ricky Poca 11/28/2016

Last week my good friend and kumpare Arleigh Sitoy succumbed to embolism after his kidney transplant. I knew for a fact that the kidney transplant operation was not easy on Sitoy’s part because a day before the…

Complaint needed at PB to probe Loot

Nestle L. Semilla 11/24/2016

WITH no complaint filed, the Provincial Board could not investigate Daanbantayn Mayor Vicente Loot on his alleged links to the drug trade of alleged drug lord Roland “Kerwin” Espinosa Jr. Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale said that the…

Arleigh Sitoy gets dying wish: cremation

Nestle L. Semilla 11/21/2016

The remains of the the late Provincial Board Member Arleigh Sitoy was cremated at the Cosmopolitan Memorial Chapel in Barangay Lahug, Cebu City at 5 p.m. today. Presidential Legislative Liaison Office (PLLO) head Adelino Sitoy, Arleigh’s father,…

Capitol sets P25.8M budget for hospitals

Nestle L. Semilla 11/15/2016

The Provincial Board (PB) set aside a P25.8 million supplemental budget for provincial and district hospitals in its session last Monday. Provincial Board member Miguel Magpale said the budget will fund the purchase of medicines and medical…

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